Project number: 10432369
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Country:
Africa |
Total budget:
Euro 150.000
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Starting date:
14 mei 2008 | Project Officer:
Boer |
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Completion date:
14 mei 2011 |
Supervisor:
Maathuis |
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Clients:
- Vlaams Inst. V. techn. Onderzoek - Centr. Teledetectie en Atmosferische Processen (VITO-TAP)
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Project type:
Contract Education |
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Disciplines:
- Earth observation
- Natural resources
- Environmental sciences
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Project summary
The DevCoCast project aims at involding developing countries in the GEONETCast initiative. The project will: disseminate existing environmental added-value datasets (both in-situ and satellite based) from variuos sources in Africa, South- and Central America and Europe in (near) real time and at no cost via GEONETCast to a broad range of user communities in developing countries and promote and support the use of these products. The project sets up a number of pilot cases in Africa, South- and Central America and Asia and is building on existing production and dissemination infrastructures, existing research project and servicing all relevant environmental end-user communities. The project activities include training, workshops, networking and outreach.
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